We have a wonderful Library Resource
 available during the monthly meetings.

We try to acquire recent publications.  Our Librarian Ginnie would welcome any suggestions from members for the purchase of recent books that they have found valuable. Please see Ginnie at one of our meetings.

Record of Donations  to the Library

• Anne M. recently donated to our Library a copy of the 1^st and 2^nd edition of the books on grasses that were the subject of her Book of the Month in September.

• Bruce W. donated a copy of "Growing Australian Native Plants from Seed" and "Seed Collection of Australian Native Plants". Many thanks to these two members.

• Harry S. donated "Pearl Beach Legacy"  a biography by Joan Webb of the remarkable Minard Crommelin whose life work is recognised in the naming of the Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach.

• A CD of approximately 190 plant photographs taken since 1969 has been donated to the Group by Andrew S. Many thanks to Andrew for this valuable piece of local history.

Donated by Lorna were the following books;

• Propagating Australian Plants by Alec M. Blombery and Betty Maloney

• Australian Ferns by Calder H. Chaffey

• A Gardeners Guide to Eucalypts by Ivan Holiday & Geoffrey Watton

• The series of Rain Forest Plants by Nan & Hugh Nicholson

• Collection, Preparation, Preservation of a New Image W.A. Plants

A book cataloguing every plant that grows in Western Australia that was given to every person attending the ASGAP Conference in Perth recently.

2007 Donations

Don Bourke’s ‘Indigenous’ is a new acquisition to our Group library.  ‘Indigenous’ is the story of Don Bourke’s passion for his native garden and how it was created.

This book has been purchased in memory of long time member Anka Aaso who passed away in June 2005 after a short battle with cancer.

Thank you to Warren B. for his donation to our library of Barry Kemp’s publication ‘Wildflowers of the North Coast of New South Wales’.   This book covers plants in the area from around Swansea right up to Tweed Heads in the north.

April 2008

Many thanks to Bev R. (friend of Anne S.) for her donation of the bound complete volumes    1-13 of Australian Plants.   These will be made available for members to borrow from the library.

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 Katandra Reserve

  The Katandra Reserve Bushcare group has been engaged in experiments with Long-Stem Tube Stock.

                                                                                                                Gully Forest ~ Katandra

   Members of our group have been advisers to the Rumbalara E.E.C. for the compilation  of their Nature Diary.  To look at the resulting list of plants see the "Plants List" on this website.